Ok. Don't shoot me. Help me.
My DD of 16 months has always been thin, and her weight has been an anxiety. She is perfectly healthy, just slight.
She has a good appetite normally however she is very averse to trying new things with food. She also has always eaten purees very well so we still give them to her, aswell as things like toast, cheese strips, chicken strips, pasta, chunks of fruit (although in very small amounts), avocado etc.
She has suddenly decided she's not going to eat any more puree - unless it's an Ella's kitchen type one which she sometimes have as a snack if we're around town.
She is also, as I said really wary of new things so even though she's stopped the purees she's still only on the sorts of things like pasta I mentioned above.
What I'm worried about is that this means she's not getting many vegetables and not much protein.
Tow other things are also happening.
First, she's spitting any new and unfamilliar 'chunk' type food (so far things like sausage/ shepherd's pie/ fish chunks/ rissoles) EVEN IF she likes the taste (she chews, spits and then asks for more).
Second, she's beginning to get freaked by new things and declining to eat at all.She did well with a jacket potato and cheese but I'm loathe to try another topping on a potato in case she starts getting suspicious of potatoes.
I'm beginning to get myself in a twist. She really living on bread, cheese, yogurt and tomato at the moment and her attitude to food is worsening. Please tell me how to go forward in a gentle fashion.